Cigar and cigarette case.



A. C. CARR.

CiGAR AND CIGARETTE CASE.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 20. |915.

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ARTHUR o. GARR, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. 'A

.` CIGAR AND CIGARETTE CASE.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be itknow-n that l, ARTHUR C. CARR, a citizen of the lUnited States of. America, residing at ll OFarrell street,l in the city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Cigar and Cigarette- Ga-SeS, of which the tollowing is a specification.`-

My invention relates tonew, useful and novel improvements in cigar and cigarette cases and has as its primary object `andreature` that of a Case provided with an ejector adapted to eject orV pass from the case a single cigar or cigarette in such a manner that the vsmoker may easily and readily relmove it, or may pass the cigar or cigarette f case.

from the case to his mouth without touching itA withr his hand and without opening the It is equally applicable to a portable pocket case and toa stationaryor stand case, and for both cigars and cigarettes. n The principle of the invention being identi-l cal in each instancel the pocket cigarette case only is described and shown in the specifica tion and drawings.

'Finally the object of the invention is to lprovide a device' of thecharacter described i that will be strong, durable and efiicient,'

simplel and comparatively inexpensive to construct, also one in which the several parts will not be liable to vget lout of rworking order;

lith the above and other objects in view,

ythe invention has relation to a certain arrangement and combination of parts, an ex,-

aniple of which is described in the following specification, pointed Iout in the appeiided claims and illustrated in the -accoinpanying drawings, wherein: A

rFigure Lis a perspective view'of the case i showing, in this instance, a cigarette projecting from the ease.

Fig. '2 is a plan View of the case shown open. y.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of, the ease,

showing the construction of the ejector nien'ibei'. a f Referring now more partieularly'to the drawings, wherein the same reference characters denote similar parts throughout the several views, e

The 'numeral l designates one section of a case, in this instance tlie`lower portion or container of a cigarette case, the same being provided with the usual forni of hinged `Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Mail. 27, 1917.;

Application filed March 20, 1915. Serial No. 15,705.

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cover or lid 2 adapted to tightly close case Y .j i* i. An opening 3 of suiiicient dimensions tty permit the free passage of a cigarette orig@ other object to bek ejected, isprovided in the;

end wall of the container portion l ofthe.,`

case. A pair of flap like stops 4 or closures vare hingedto the walls of the case at son either side ot th'eJ opening. Coiled pressure .d springs 5 are adapted to hold the stops vnor! mally in alinement with the end wall 'of the case and to forina part thereof.

In their normal or closed position the stops are'designed to prevent the cigarettes from falling through the'exit opening` and when in operation they are adapted to swing outwardly under pressure of the cigarette when forced forward by the ejector member allowing the cigarette to pass between the stops which, through the action of the springsV 5, exert suiticient pressure upon opposite sides of the cigarette to prevent it from falling from the'case or being returned into trie case by the retraction 'of the ejector', thus holding the cigarette in its extended position as illustrated in Fig. l, where it may beieasily and readily removed with the .hand or lips.

A slot (l is provided in one section 'of the case. An ejector member 7 is contained within the case and slidably confined within integrally therewith a loop or curlk S which occupies sufficient space inthe one corner off the case to displace or keep back one cigarette from over and adjarent the path of travelof the cigarette which is to be ej eeted, and also actsas a reed, keeping the cigarettes from becoming crossed and lodged in the ease. This insures an accurate and single passage of the one cigarette C from the case. A thrust bracketv Q is formed on the ejector member and turned back, adapted to with the exterior surtaceof the ease and 'l convenientlylocated. where one` inay readily press against thefslide causing the ejector to- The ejector member has formed pass a cigarette, cigar or other similar object through the spring closed opening.

The opening through Whiclrthe cigarettes are passed is here closed with a pair of hinged flap covers or doors, as indicated, which are adapted to open under the pressure of the moving cigarette, and also to hold the cigarette with sufiicient tension to prevent it from falling from or returning into the case.

The case, in this instance, is shown containing several cigarettes. When in use the operator will turn the case on edge, as Fig. l, which will cause a cigarette to roll into position and in front of the thrust bracket ready for delivery through the opening.

The invention is presented as includlng all such modifications and changes as properly come within the scope of' the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a cigarette case, the combination of a case provided with an opening therein, of a spring actuated closureadapted to close the opening, of a case of proportions to hold a double row of cigarettes, an ejector mem' ber confined within a slot formed in the case, and a loop formed on the ejector member adapted to displace one cigarette thereby causing the ejector member to eject one cigarette only or other matter to be ejected at each operation of said ejector.

2. In a carrying receptacle, the combination with a case provided with an opening formed in the wall thereof, said case formed of such proportions as to contain a double row of cigarettes, an ejector member contained in the case and being confined in an elongated slot formed in said case, of an ejector bracket formed on the ejector meinber adapted to be in contact with' one eX- tremity of the cigarette, a pair of closure n members pivoted to the case and adapted to close the aforesaid opening, and a spring lying in contact with each closure adapted to close said opening after the ejected cigarette has passed through.

3. In a carrying rece tacle, the combination with a case adapte to contain a double row of cigarettes, of an e'ector member slidably confined in a slot ormed in said case, said ejector member adapted to lie in contact with the first cigarette of the bottom row, and a curl or loop formed on said ejector adapted to exclude the first cigarette of the top rowk from assuming a position di rectly over the first cigarette of the bottom row.

4. In a carrying receptacle or case for cigarettes or other matter, the combination with a case provided with an opening, of a pair of spring pressed closures pivoted in the opening, an ejector member contained' in the case and in direct line with the closures, said ejector member adapted to pick up and eject only onecigarette at a time ejecting same partly through the open.

ing against the closures, and said closures adapted to grasp the cigarette and hold same in position after the ejector has re turned to its normal position.

5. In acigarette case, the combination of a container adapted to hold a double row of the ob'ects contained therein, of a spring closed closure provided in an opening formed in the container and adapted to -normally close the opening, and an ejector device slidably contained in'the case and adapted to admit only one cigarette to pass into' opening and the closures.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnees.

ARTHUR C. CARR.

Witnesses:

HENRY B. LIs'rER, O. M. BUDDEN.

position before and in the path of the. 

